Intro to electroacoustic composition | ![]() |
Electroacoustic composition is an area of music composition rich in conceptual challenge for the composer. It invites us to examine closely our intuitive notions about what music is. It achieves this through a close examination of sound and hearing and a detailed interaction with the process of composition at a number of levels. |
form |
temporal organization |
structural hierarchy tuning |
microtonality |
timbre analysis synthesis |
acoustics |
psychoacoustics |
psychophysics of sound/hearing |
psychology of music |
sonic ecology soundscape study (analysis) |
soundscape design (synthesis) |
interactivity |
composition |
performance |
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Making
electroacoustic music involves the manipulation of a number of basic technological
instruments:
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